[nagdu] marathons

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

AnnaLisa,

That is so awesome!  I hope you can find out what happened and let us know.

I have tried running with Mitzi, and it works surprisingly well.  For about
10 feet until my nerve gives out and I have to gasp for air because I had
forgotten to breathe.  /lol/  Those 10 feet feel like a marathon?  Does that
count?  Just kdding.  I actually have been practicing jogging at the park
when I have the wide open, grassy field to myself.  In the last of the fall
sun, I could sort of see the white soccer goal posts to maintain some
orientation, but I did learn to stay pretty straight when I closed my eyes.
Mitzi thinks it's absolutely thrilling to see me jog, and she zips around
like mad and leaps into the air.  /lol/  If she has her ball, she squeak
guides every time she races across my line of travel.  She is a very funny
girl.  My goal is to learn to actually jog around the track there with Mitzi
in harness, and then we'll see about going on the woodland trail.

No marathons, though!

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of AnnaLisa Anderson
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 6:04 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] marathons

Hi Jenine,

Well, this isn't really a lot of help, but there was a guy in my class at
Leader last time around who was going to start training for the Boston
marathon when he got home from class.  We kept in touch for a while, and he
told me that he and his dog were training together, and that the dog showed
great stamina for it.  He emphasized that he would never push the dog beyond
his limits, but at that time he had said that his dog was doing very well.
He told me the marathon people were giving him a real hard time about
running the marathon with his dog and no other sighted assistance.  I don't
know if he was ever successful in his bid to run the marathon independently
though.  That was almost 5 years ago now, and we haven't been in touch for a
long time.  The guy's name is Dwight, and last I knew he was still living in
MA.  I have no idea if he is an NFB member or not.  If anybody here knows
him, perhaps they could chime in.

AnnaLisa and Sundance



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